A participant in the Whatcom County Pen-pal Program wrote in a letter that they asked officers to help Nixon six times before ...

At 8:30 p.m., Merced County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle by a residence near Schendel Avenue and Stephens Street in Delhi. When deputies arrived, officials say ...

BLAINE COUNTY, Idaho — District officials announced that Blaine County School District will be closed on Monday, February 3, due to hazardous weather and road conditions. Superintendent Jim ...

The sirens are only activated for tornado warnings or tests, not for other severe weather or emergencies. Athens-Clarke County and the University of Georgia will conduct annual tests of the ...

Fatheree is the sheriff in Summit County, Ohio. "I'm already 32 deputies down," she said. "There's no police department that I know in this nation that is at full capacity and turning people away." ...

The WARN Act is coming up ahead of the next severe weather season, prompted by emergency alert siren failures last year in several Kansas counties, including Sedgwick County and the Wichita area.

I read part of Chris Hayes’ book “The Sirens’ Call” while watching an NBA game. I wrote this story in short bursts, often stopping to check my email, read texts, do Wordle or read about ...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter Tuesday to the state’s 46 sheriffs encouraging them to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to perform some immigration ...

Book Review: Chris Hayes' 'Sirens' Call' Is a Thorough Look at the Fight for Attention in Modern Age It's no new big news that we're living in an era of distraction. States are trying to clamp ...